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Rock Creek Park – Vintage Wall Art

Rock Creek Park, [between 1905 and 1945] — historic photograph
Rock Creek Park, [between 1905 and 1945]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Rock Creek Park in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Rock Creek Park, the wooded valley that runs through the northwest of Washington, D.C., is the setting for this glass negative, which makes it one of the few images in this group that places a motorcar on the park's roads rather than in the city streets. The picture comes from the Harris & Ewing studio, a Washington portrait and news photography firm that worked in the capital from the early twentieth century through the 1940s. The park was set aside in 1890 and was becoming a popular destination for drives and outings as automobiles spread among city residents in the years before and after World War I, so the scene records a shift in how Washingtonians spent their leisure time.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1945]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from negative or negative sleeve. Date span based on active dates of Harris & Ewing, Inc. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. note: Batch three.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection
Original scan5,214 × 4,202 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference00028u rock creek park

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